Just getting into the hurricane here. Hurricane Teddy. What an un-menacing name for a storm. Nothing but rain and a few gusts so far, but it's still early and just starting to pick up while I type this.

Since a few weeks, we have this kinda strange visitor in our rain barrel. It’s a great diving beetle, which happens to be a good swimmer. Today I was finally able to take these photos while he was breathing.

I sacrificed my old rain barrel for the aquaponics system so I went out and found a craigslist deal on another one. Using the step drill bit I drilled a hole for a 3/4 garden hose valve so I could harvest

Good morning steemenhimers, and happy saturday! Today I've uploaded a video of the new irrigation system that was installed on my 3 raised garden beds! You can see the video of it in action here! Would

I found this and wanted to share.